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Prof.Gringo
Joined: 07 Nov 2006
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Location: Dang Cong San Viet Nam Quang Vinh Muon Nam!
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 Posted: Tue Dec 10, 2013 6:55 am Post subject: Re: Is there a pollution limit for you? |
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| CHINOISE wrote: |
Is there a 2.5ppm limit that would be a deal breaker for you.
It's clearly been worse than last year. I'm just wondering what the breaking point is where ex pats will say, "OK, this just isn't worth it."
200 days of 300+, 100 days of 400+, 100 days of 500+...?
Has anyone set any limits for themselves?
I'm not in Beijing but we're seeing a lot of 300 almost 400 days lately. If it doesn't get back down to the 200s daily max before spring, I'm headed back to Korea. This just isn't safe. |
Air pollution in China... Not a problem at all for me...
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BruceLeeWannaBe
Joined: 12 Jun 2012
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| Posted: Tue Dec 10, 2013 7:00 am Post subject: |
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| fat_chris wrote: |
Hey, thanks for posting that video. It was well done. Pretty funny but made the point clear that it's "deadly" serious. Am gonna check out more of his videos.
Warm regards,
fat_chris |
Also check this one out. Never date a girl who's parents hold high positions in the government.
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=jzj7nM4H90Q
Bad enough as it is any girl who dates a foreigner (not all) is subjected to being ridiculed by other locals for it. |
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Shroob
Joined: 02 Aug 2010
Posts: 1339
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| Posted: Tue Dec 10, 2013 7:29 am Post subject: |
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| BruceLeeWannaBe wrote: |
| fat_chris wrote: |
Hey, thanks for posting that video. It was well done. Pretty funny but made the point clear that it's "deadly" serious. Am gonna check out more of his videos.
Warm regards,
fat_chris |
Also check this one out. Never date a girl who's parents hold high positions in the government.
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=jzj7nM4H90Q
Bad enough as it is any girl who dates a foreigner (not all) is subjected to being ridiculed by other locals for it. |
Yet if a Chinese male lands a foreign woman he's the local legend... |
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urbanadventurer
Joined: 09 Aug 2013
Posts: 22
Location: China
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| Posted: Wed Dec 11, 2013 4:21 pm Post subject: |
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I reckon there IS a limit for me.
Down here in Guangzhou, the AQI has been between 150-200 for the last six weeks (with a few stretches of 250-ish). This coincides with my being hospitalized for a week with pneumonia for the first time in my life! Crazy.
My contract is up in two weeks, and unless I give in to the renewal offer$ that my current employer has kindly extended, I am Bangkok or Osaka Bound! Yes, it's gonna suck taking a cut in pay, but DAMN! - dirty air sucks too!!!
Yeah yeah yeah, I know 200 doesn't compare to off-the-charts in Beijing, Shanghai, Harbin, etc... But that's like saying drinking a glass of gasoline doesn't compare to drinking a glass of sulfuric acid.
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MisterButtkins
Joined: 03 Oct 2009
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| Posted: Thu Dec 12, 2013 11:15 am Post subject: |
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| Yeah yeah yeah, I know 200 doesn't compare to off-the-charts in Beijing, Shanghai, Harbin, etc... But that's like saying drinking a glass of gasoline doesn't compare to drinking a glass of sulfuric acid. |
Definitely an interesting way to put it. I had been thinking about moving to a larger city next year, but am having second thoughts. |
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wonderingjoesmith
Joined: 19 Aug 2012
Posts: 910
Location: Guangzhou
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| Posted: Thu Dec 12, 2013 12:18 pm Post subject: |
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| I am also in Guangzhou and in a similar situation as urbanadventurer, although my contract ends half a year later. If I stay on, my prospective doctors will probably have to answer me. I hope that'll never be the coroner's report which indicates pollution as the cause. |
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creeper1
Joined: 24 Aug 2010
Posts: 481
Location: New Taipei City, Taiwan
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What are we talking about here?
Recently it was said that living in north China shortened your life by 5 years.
Note that is just based on one particular poison (coal).
http://www.bloomberg.com/news/2013-07-08/burning-heating-coal-cuts-lives-by-5-years-in-china-study-finds.html
I think we can be assured there are a variety of poisons out there these days.
I guess that's comparable to smoking. I'd say smoking 20 - 30 cigarettes a day.
How many of the posters on this thread smoke?
Do smokers have any right to complain about air pollution? |
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wonderingjoesmith
Joined: 19 Aug 2012
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Location: Guangzhou
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| Posted: Tue Dec 24, 2013 5:45 pm Post subject: |
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| creeper1 wrote: |
| I think we can be assured there are a variety of poisons out there these days. |
One of them may be all the junk products " | |
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